The 12th annual National Apprenticeship Week, which will
run from 4 to 8 March 2019, is a great opportunity to
highlight the fantastic opportunities that an
apprenticeship brings to employers, individuals and the
economy.
The ‘Blaze a Trail’ theme will feature throughout the week
to highlight the benefits of apprenticeships to employers,
individuals, local communities and the economy.
As in previous years NAW2019 will see a range of activities
and events being hosted across the country. We want to
change the perceptions people have on what an
apprenticeship is and who takes them up to encourage people
of all ages and backgrounds to take up an apprenticeship.
The week will also show the number of high quality of
apprenticeships opportunities available at all levels
around the country in a huge variety of sectors such as
aviation engineering, finance and policing.
Apprenticeships and Skills Minister said:
Blazing a trail is what being an apprentice is all about
and will be our theme for National Apprenticeship Week
2019. Because that’s what’s happening up and down the
country – apprentices and employers blazing a trail.
I want everyone to recognise the change that
apprenticeships can bring - for employers blazing a trail
to new markets, apprentices to new career opportunities
and for colleges and training providers raising the
skills levels for everyone.
Keith Smith, director, Education and Skills Funding Agency
said:
I want the 12th annual National Apprenticeship Week to be
the biggest and most successful, yet.
The theme for this year: Blaze a Trail is at the heart of
what apprenticeships are all about. I really hope our
partners feel as excited about it as we do and, like
previous years, they will can get fully behind the Week.
We want everyone to consider hosting an event or activity
so more people get to see and hear about the huge
benefits apprenticeships can bring to employers,
individuals and local communities.
National Apprenticeship Week 2018 was record-breaking, with
780 events taking place across England. The ambition of
delivering a 10,000 talks movement - #10kTalks - to inspire
the next generation of apprentices was exceeded, reaching
over 33,500 people in over 300 schools across the country.
A further 130 schools hosted teacher-to-teacher talks,
reaching an additional 2,300 adults, to support them to
talk to their students about apprenticeships. The Big
Assembly reached 20,000 young people with a live video
stream, showcasing apprentices and employers sharing their
apprenticeships stories.
Events also took place to celebrate International Women’s
Day, apprenticeships diversity and a launch event with the
BBC and Sutton Trust included the announcement of a new
ground-breaking apprenticeship programme.
Richard Hamer, Education & Skills Director, BAE Systems
added:
We have always supported National Apprenticeship Week.
It’s a great, focussed way to showcase the many benefits
of apprenticeships. For National Apprenticeship Week 2019
we will be celebrating our apprentices’ achievements
through our own internal apprenticeship awards.
We’ve been a ‘trailblazer’ in developing new standards
across the engineering sector and were delighted to hear
that the theme for this year is ‘Blaze a Trail’. We have
2000 apprentices in learning and for 2019 will be
recruiting more advanced, higher and degree
apprenticeships across a wide variety of apprenticeship
standards.
More information on National Apprenticeship Week 2019 will
be available before Christmas. Follow @Apprenticeships on
Twitter and National
Apprenticeship Service on LinkedIn to keep up to
date.
